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Valentine Brain Fitness New brain research sheds light on old advice. Mix it up to keep your relationships lively. Couples that do new things together actually keep brain circuits active that are associated with young relationships. Use More of Your Brain to Get Things Done Older brains become more active when trying to get things done. The question is whether that activity if a good thing and improved performance or a bad thing and gets in the way. A new study shed's light on that question to support the idea that increased activation is good and helps the brain succeed. Approaches to maintain brain fitness can help ensure an active and alert brain in older years. This is Your Brain on Stress Stress can damage a part of the brain involved in learning and memory, called the hippocampus. New studies provide clues into how that happens and what we can do to prevent it. There's More than Meets the Taste Buds Sugar activates pleasure centers in your brain, which causes you to crave sweet foods. New research shows it goes beyond the taste buds to light up these brain circuits Tai Chi for Your Head and Your Heart Many people practice Tai Chi for health benefits. Now a new study supports those efforts showing that Tai Chi reduces cholesterol, improves blood pressure and reduces risk of heart disease. What's good for the heart is good for the brain as well. Ready, Set, Think A new study shows that exercise is a good anti-depressant because it turns up specific growth factors in a part to the brain that control stress and mood. Make Love, Not Stress Happy couples live longer and healthier lives. New research shows that they also have lower stress hormones floating around in their blood all day, which lets them handle more challenges at the office. Is Kevin Bacon Controlling Your Health? How much are your friends and relatives controlling your health? New studies suggest it may be more than you think. Fishing for Neuroticism A new study shows that higher neuroticism scores are associated with lower omega-3s and higher omega-6s in the blood of healthy adults. Feed Your Brain - Keep Your Mind The blood supply that feeds your brain is crucial for life-long brain fitness and mental health. A new study shows that small blood vessel disease may account for on third of dementia cases. One of the best things you can do to protect your brain is to eat right and get regular physical activity. Eat Your Peas and Carrots, Or At Least Your Carrots A new study shows that beta carotene, a form of vitamin A is beneficial for cognitive health, helping memory and memory recall functions that typically decline during Alzheimer's disease. Does Increasing Lifespan Also Increase Brainspan? We are experiencing dramatic increases in lifespan. But that does not necessarily guarantee similar increases in healthspan or brainspan. Engaging in activities to keep our brains fit are especially important today since modern medicine will keep our bodies ticking much longer. Climbing the Corporate Ladder of Brain Fitness Higher levels of education and more intellectually challenging careers associate with lower rates of Alzheimer's disease. However, this doesn't mean you need a PhD to stave off cognitive decline. Commitment to life-long learning can be done without formal education and boost your brain fitness as well. BrainFit for Life: A User's Guide to Life-Long Brain Health and Fitness. Brain Fitness is quickly gaining momentum in the media and business worlds. Most of the current focus is on 'brain-training' programs to boost cognitive function. While this is a positive movement, we must not lose focus that the physical health of the brain is required for cognitive health. We must not ignore all the data regarding the cognitive benefits of a health diet, physical exercise and optimal sleep. Brain Fitness Case Study: Kris Kringle Santa has to keep his brain fit in order to remember all those kids names, where they live and what they want. How does he do it? Ask Not What the HealthCare System Can Do for You . . . With all the focus on health care coverage perhaps we should ask a different question. Why are we so sick in the first place? Maybe if the next president of the United States created some incentives for us to live healthier we could reduce the health care burden and cover more people. Are Kid's Growing Bellies Increasing Their Odds of Alzheimer's? Belly fat and brain fitness are related. Adult obesity increase odds for late-life dementia and Alzheimer's. Childhood obesity sets kids up for a life-long battle with a weight problem. It's not much of a stretch to say that weight problems in adolescence set kids up for increased odds of Alzheimer's disease down the road. An Apple a Day Keeps the Brain Doctor Away New research suggests that apples have the ability to save brain cells from death caused by oxidative stress. A Soda for Your Thoughts? Everyone knows that high sugar drinks, like soda pop, are bad for your waistline. Now new data shows that these drinks may also be bad for your brain as well. A Donut is not Always a Donut - Timing is Everything New studies suggest that we are more sensitive to spikes in blood sugar from high carbohydrate foods in the morning than we are later in the day. Timing is everything.

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